The Strange Talent Of Luther Strode is to be launched by Image Comics later this year.

From creators Justin Jordan and Tradd Moore, the series follows a bullied youth who orders a bodybuilding programme from a comic book, which turns him into a killer.

"It's about a skinny, bullied kid who orders an old time bodybuilding course from a comic book, and finds out that it works," Jordan wrote on the VHive forums.

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"What he doesn't know is that the book is actually a tryout for an ancient murder cult, and Luther's new strength and talent comes with certain strings attached. Or, more simply, it's about a geek who thinks he's becoming a superhero when he's really becoming a slasher."

Jordan went on to say that the comic examines the fine line between heroes and killers, and the abstract definition of evil.

"From a certain point of view, the line between your traditional superhero and a slasher can be pretty thin - in the Jason construction, they're both putting on masks and punishing evildoers, it's definition of evildoers and the methods that are different," he added.